324 78. AMENTlPEEie. 



Sm. — ^. S. Myrsinites (Sm.) ; 1. elliptic Serrate nearly SffloOti', 

 catkins short, styles short, stigmas cloyen. E. B. 1360'. — High- 

 lands. Sh. VI. S, 



26. S. procmm 'bens (Forbes) j 1, oval minittely serrate bright 

 green and shining on both sides, catkins long cylindrical, germehs 

 subsessile ovate lanceolate downy, style short deeply cloven, 

 stigmas bifid. — -B. B. S. 2753. — Scales of the catkin nearly black, 

 longer and more hairy than in iS, Myrsinites. A low procvanbent 

 much-branched shrub. — Highlands. Sh. VI. S. 



[Fries states that S. retusa (L.) was found by Mr. Winch in 

 Scotland ; but there is no such plant in his Herb.} 



27. S. Grahami (Borr.) ; I. oval obscurely crenate shining 

 glabrous sUky beneath netted with veins, germ, stalked ovate 

 prolonged glabrous, style long, stigma bifid, young branches 

 silky.—/, of B. v. 66. 8y. JS. B. 1377.— St. long, trailing. 

 Allied to 8. Myrsinites and S. retusa ; can it be the plant re- 

 ferred to by Fries P — Frouvyn, Sutherl. Cfraham, Muckish, 

 Doneg. D. Moore. Sh. VI. ? S. I. 



ii. Reticulatce. Catkins opposite to the terminal leaves, with s 

 bud between them. 



28. 8. reticuldta (L.) ; I. nearly roundly oval very blunt 

 entire netted with veins and glaucous beneath, germens sessile 

 oblong-ovate, downy, style short, stigmas bifid. — E. B. 1908, — A 

 procumbent much branched shrub. St. usually buried. Cat- 

 kins on long stalks. — Lofty mountains. Sh. Vl. S. 



iii, Herhace<B. Catkins exactly terminal. 



29. 8. herbdcea (L.) : I. round blunt or retuse serrate shining 

 glabrous netted with veins, germens subsessile ovate-conical 

 glabrous, style short, stigmas bifid. — E. B. 1907. — A very mi- 

 nute herblike shrub ; the st. extend far amongst loose stones on 

 the tops of mountains. Edges and veins of 1. hairy. — Alpine 

 situations. Sh. VI. E. S. I. 



Index to the Scdices, 



S. acuminata, 12. Arbuscula, 18. Borreriana, 17. 



acutifolia, 23*. Arbuscula, 22. cserulea, 4. 



alba, 4. arbutifolia, 25. caprea, 15. 



ambigua, 21. arenaria, 23. carinata, 22. 



amygdalina, 6. argentea, 20. cinerea, 13. 



Andersoniana, 16. ascendens, 20. cotinifolia, 16. 



aquatica, 13. aurita, 14. cuspidata, 2. 



